Grellik |
GM Grey |
The cloth and hay scarecrow seems to grow to terrifying proportions, it looms terribly and fills the rooms. It seems to be made of every force set against you for many years, and you are unable to act in the daunting horror of it.
You are paralyzed until the end of the scarecrow's next turn.
Moving not far to assist Ozz, Adrien's attacks seem to only graze the straw body of the scarecrow attacking him.
Trissae is motionless, unable to move and has a terrified look on her face.
Tease stands near Trissae with the spear, trying to defend her as best as he can.
To scarecrows move forward. Three of them surround Ozz, seemingly unconcerned with Adrien. One, however, advances silently on Trissae and Tease.
In a clearly weak manner, Tease lashes out with the spear and skewers the scarecrow through the head in an impressively. The scarecrow seems only partially affected by this, however, and advances on him.
Tease manages to get out of the way of the first swing of claws, but the next cuts through his chest, dropping him bleeding to the ground.
The three around Ozz let loose in an assault of swinging claws (And at this range you can see that several of them already have blood on their hands). Dodging, blocking, and letting his armor work, Ozz fends off attack after attack, and only gets injured a slight bit through the barrage of grasping blows.
Ozz, take 7 damage from a single hit and roll a wisdom(fear) save
Getting back her composure, Trissae shakes off the effects after watching Tease fall near her.
I'll have a map up this evening, guys.
Initiative order:
Adrien
Trissae
Tease
Scarecrows
Ozz
In the future, making a ranged attack while in melee causes disadvantage, and there isn't a freebee 5 foot step back anymore. You have to take a disengage Action to withdraw without provoking.
Your firebolt launches true, incinerating the scarecrow. As you begin to catch your breath and look around for new threats, however, the eerily beautiful music can be heard once again.
You listen to it for a moment, and realize it is coming back down the hallway where you came from, from the termination point of the trail of blood you saw in that first room. Suddenly, the music drops off mid-note and you can somehow make out the voice of Adrien through two doors and some distance between.
"Ozz look out!" You can hear the sounds of fighting.
Ozz the Bog Ghost |
wis save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (17) + 2 = 19
As a bonus action, Ozz lets out a low growl that echoes magically like a phantom in the room, and especially around his chosen foe as his Hunter's Mark takes effect. (1st level spells 0/2 remaining)
He then attacks his marked enemy, the first scarecrow that advanced on him.
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (8) + 5 + (4) = 17
Grellik |
Grellik starts. "There it is again!." He looks around, searching for the music. When he hears Adrians voice, his eyes go wide. "Adrian? Ozz? But they're in custody..."
When the thought that they may have escaped somehow, but are now in renewed danger propells him to act, and he rushes toward the voice.
When he reaches the door, he will burst through it as well, coming to the rescue, he hopes :D
GM Grey |
You all hear the sounds of heavy footfalls coming from the passage with the bloodstain. Moments later, the door bursts open revealing a massive man wearing chain mail armor. He's wielding a great sword, is covered from head to toe in clothes and armor, has his face covered by a blank face mask and in front of that is the grinning, toothy smile of a Bogshark inked onto a cloth draped across the bottom half of the mask.
Grellik, the bugbear. Back from his near year long trip away from the Evermoores to dig into his own mysterious past, just in the nick of time. Several deep claw marks are visible on his chest.
No worries, for the sake of advancing we'll go with it for now.
Dashing down through the hallways and pushing the doors open as you go, you emerge into the first room that had several farm plots and scarecrows to find the room partially transformed.
The scarecrows have all moved, and seem to be attacking a group of four people. You see Ozz, your half-orc bogshark friend in full bogshark gear (complete with oni looking snarling sharp-toothed half mask) holding a lantern in one hand and swinging a battleaxe in the other. He seems slightly injured.
Near him and the cluster of three scarecrows attacking him is a Shield of Yartar, one of the town's soldiers fighting with a couple of curved blades. He's covered in blood, but doesn't have any obvious injuries.
On the wall near you, you see a scarecrow looming over another downed Shield of Yartar, a dwarf with a shaved head, a spear lies fallen near him. He appears to be just beginning to bleed out.
Behind him, and if being protected by the fallen guard, is Trissae, the drow Bogshark wearing her black-cat outfit. A costume she wears when she feels like playing the theatrical villain, often used in a dramatic reveal of sinister intent during raiding missions. She also seems injured, and is shaking herself out of some kind of spell, regaining her wits.
You don't see Adrien anywhere, nor any of your other Bogshark friends.
Initiative Order
Adrien
Trissae
Man
Child
Tease
Scarecrows
Ozz
Grellik
Map! Scarecrows 1 and 3 are injured. All farm plots are able to be traversed without penalty, except for the middle one which is difficult terrain because of the vines and in-the-way gourds growing there.
Note: The hallway is an incomplete representation, simplified for this combat. There are details not shown. Additionally, the two figures in the hallway are not actually visible yet. That will be their position on their next turns.
Everyone feel free to post without spoiler tags. BACK TO THE TOP! :D
Grellik |
Grellik bursts into the room, cloaked, with a scarf with the signature teeth scrawled on it pulled over his mouth. The gleam of mail glitters beneath cuts in his clothes, and his scratches on his face show he has been in battle. He is wielding his greatsword.
"Trissae! Ozz!" He looks around confused. "Where's Adrian? I'm sure I heard him!"
Is weird but awesome to not have to spoiler everything! Hurray!
Adrien Cavell |
"Ozz! Smash it with your lantern, burn the f@#*ers!"
Cavell feints left then ducks right, causing the scarecrow's swipe to only graze his shoulder. He runs across the farm plot towards the torches, dropping both sabres as he runs. He grabs both torches off the walls, skidding on the rough floor and sprinting back towards the fight. For the last bit of distance he leaps, swinging down with a torch, flaring brightly as it arcs at the scarecrow, then immediately shoving the second torch at it.
Acrobatics: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
Atk w advantage: 1d20 ⇒ 11d20 ⇒ 2
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 6
Atk: 1d20 ⇒ 4
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1
let the embarrassment commence
Adrien Cavell |
As Cavell lands from the leap, he trips over Ozz's heel, making his swings go wide. "Damn it Ozz!" he curses, thoroughly embarrassed.
Dex: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (13) + 3 = 16
GM Grey |
Nice. Adrien, take 3 damage from the attack you took from not disengaging, and gain inspiration you ballsy guy.
With Adrien's flying swing insufficient to grant him advantage, the attack misses critically as Ozz bumps into him while attempting to defend himself.
In the slight entanglement, both men separate and then look down to realize a second before it is too late that one of Adrien's torches has hit against, and has been igniting the leaking oil in the lantern Ozz is holding.
The lantern finally splits, sending burning oils over the nearby area. The room lights up with a flash, and dims just a suddenly. Some of the nearby plants have been covered in burning oils (only hazardous to bare feet).
Ozz, roll a reflex or take 4 fire damage. Half on a success (13 or higher). Adrien, your success means you only take 2 fire damage.
Two of the scarecrows in the area are unable to avoid the flaming oil at all, while the one Ozz had been beating on only takes some damage from it.
Grellik, at the guard's scolding, you can recognize his voice as Adrien's despite his somewhat different looks. Adrien blaming any mistake on the half-orc has been a long tradition, at least since the half-orc came to accept the human as a Bogshark.
Ozz the Bog Ghost |
Ozz, trying to duck and weave as best he can from the assault of three murderous scarecrows, bumps into Adrien. Pushing him gently back with the blunt of his axe, Ozz notices his hand growing warm just in time to look down at the flames licking his cracked lantern. "Oh..."
He leaps...
Dex save: 1d20 + 3 ⇒ (9) + 3 = 12
... But not quickly enough, and catches the burning oil.
Trissae Darkwhisper |
"You'll never be a real boy!" Casting Vicious Mockery on Scarecrow 1
DC 13 vs Wisdom - psychic damage: 1d4 ⇒ 3 and disadvantage on the next attack
She then turns her attention to the Grellik. "Grellik! hurry!"
GM Grey |
The scarecrow reels a bit at Trissae's spell.
The man and the child get to their places on the map. You all hear more feet running from the hallway behind Grellik.
Tease lies on the floor, bleeding.
Tease's Death save: 1d20 ⇒ 14
Successes: 1
Failures: 0
Scarecrow 1 advances near Triss, standing over Trissae to do so, and attacks, it's first swing wild. Trissae's acrobatic agility keeps her from getting injured.
Scarecrow 2 glowers at Ozz.
Ozz's wisdom save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (8) + 2 = 10
Ozz's with inspiration: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (9) + 2 = 11
Ozz just barely manages to keep his wits together, and avoids becoming paralyzed with fear.
Scarcrows 3 and 4 attack Ozz. Three misses entirely, but four gets a couple of good claws in.
Ozz's Wisdom save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Ozz's Wisdom save 2nd attack: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (15) + 2 = 17
With Ozz's resolve staying true, he keeps from being affected by the horrific attacks.
Ozz, take 11 damage from 2 hits.
Ozz the Bog Ghost |
"Grellik?!" Ozz exclaims desperately, his body covered with bleeding wounds. "About time! Where've you been for the last year?!" He says, as if Grellik were simply late for lunch.
He then tears into his marked scarecrow, #3.
Attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
Damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (5) + 5 + (4) = 14
GM Grey |
Scarecrow 3 is looking pretty beaten up, the rest of them have all only taken minor damage.
Initiative Order
Adrien
Trissae
Man
Child
Tease
Scarecrows
Ozz
Grellik
Scarecrow 1 is now in Tease's square, Adrien is in J12, and the torches in the bottom hallway aren't there anymore (Adrien as them). No other updates to the map so far.
Adrien Cavell |
On Adrien's turn
Adrien quickly passes a potion to Ozz, then attacks scarecrow 4 again, this time shoving one of the torches at it's stomach section, trying to bury the torch in it's hay-body and set it ablaze from the inside.
Athletics: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (11) + 2 = 13
Grellik |
"Oh, you know, Ozz, travelling the wide world..only I only reached as far as Skullport. Alas, another ill-fated sojourn!"Grellik launches a bolt of fire at scarecrow 3 firebolt: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (14) + 4 = 18 damage: 1d10 ⇒ 10
With a sudden burst of speed, he rushes to the scarecrow standing over the Shield [to square G10], swing his sword it in a powerful slice(using action surge)greatsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (4) + 5 = 9 damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 6) + 3 = 15
"You all don't know how good it feels to see you safe. Well, free of the goaler's cells at least"
Adrien Cavell |
"Ha ha! Burn you f~+*ers!" Cavell shouts at the Scarecrows, waving his remaining torch at them. "Grellik! Stopped at every library along the way?" He flashes a grin to the bugbear as he fights.
GM Grey |
Trissae keeps her wits about her to dodge away from any threat, if needed.
Out of the hallway comes a well-dressed man with a ruby studded longsword (sheathed), and a young boy holding a dagger.
The man points a hand at the scarecrow Grellik had approached, and a wave of fire goes up his arm to his fingertips, and launches to the scarecrow for critical effect. Though still animate, scarecrow 1 is nearly completely charred.
The young child throws his dagger and finishes it off. Seeing the ashes rain down on a dwarf, the child yelps. "Oh gods, is that Tease?!"
Tease bleeds.
Death save: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Successes:2
Failures: 0
The final two scarecrows claw into Ozz. The half-orc's defenses mostly hold, but a final claw from the burning 4 (having not taken the torch out of its stomach) injures him.
Ozz, take 9 damage. Your Relentless Endurance triggers, setting you at 1 HP. Roll a wis saving throw (dc 11) or be frightened.
Ozz the Bog Ghost |
wis save: 1d20 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 2 = 12
Ozz looks at the potion in his hand. Still somehow conscious and unafraid after being wounded so terribly. As a bonus action, he shifts his hunter's mark to scarecrow 4. He looks at the potion for a moment before he grits his teeth in determination, hands the potion back to Adrien and says "I'll drink it when I'm dead or you're all safe!".
He attacks scarecrow4.
attack: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
damage: 1d8 + 5 + 1d6 ⇒ (6) + 5 + (4) = 15
Adrien Cavell |
Cavell grits his teeth as the potion is handed back to him and mutters: "Bloody stubborn damned...Orc--someone help Tease if he's still breathing!"
Grellik |
Grellik gestures again and fire flies from his hand at scarecrow 2 firebolt: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (19) + 4 = 23damage: 1d10 ⇒ 6
He hustles to Adrian and Ozz, ending in I10 if #2 is still up, orK10 if it is down(using shield to defend against its attack of opportunity if necessary)
"Well, Ozz, it is certain that one of those two outcomes is imminent! Though if you would tend to, ah, Tease, I can clean up your leftovers." He grins beneath his scarf as he engages the scrarecrow
Trissae Darkwhisper |
on triss's turn
Medicine: 1d20 ⇒ 11
Trissae leans down to Tease and begins to try and staunch the bleeding, tearing some of his disguise to use to bind the wound. Shielding his body with her own in case a scarecrow or something else comes flying this direction.
Adrien Cavell |
Cavell quickly draws a dagger from his belt, sweeping the torch at scarecrow 4 then stabbing it's face with the dagger right as it's blinded from the torch.
Atk: 1d20 ⇒ 3
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 5+1 Fire
Atk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (12) + 5 = 17
Dmg: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
GM Grey |
Adrien's first swing with the torch goes wide, but his dagger cuts into the straw body of the fearsome thing. Though not very effective, it isn't ineffective and the continued cuts from axe and dagger makes the still smoldering scarecrow look pretty battered.
Using a scrap of the uniform from Tease, Trissae binds his wounds and stabilizes the unconscious dwarf, keeping him safe from bleeding out.
The man fires another bolt of flame, this time at scarecrow2, and burns a small section of it away.
The child runs up to the fallen Tease, and reclaims the dagger from the destroyed scarcrow. "Is he going to be okay?" the kid says, looking up at the Drow.
Scarecrow2 attack Ozz, and with it's second claw finally gets through his scalemail and injures the stubborn half-orc, dropping him unconscious. Ozz, you are now at 0 HP
Scarcrow 4 turns to Adrien, clawing at him, but the agile scoundrel is just barely able to fend off the swiping attacks. It continues to burn.
Ozz, roll a death saving throw in a GM spoiler
Initiative Order
Adrien
Trissae
Man
Child
Tease
Scarecrows
Ozz
Grellik <---
Adrien Cavell |
Adrien will try the same trick twice, trying desperately to bring scarecrow 4 down. On his turn
Atk: 1d20 ⇒ 15
Dmg: 1d6 ⇒ 1+1 fire
Atk: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (7) + 5 = 12
Dmg: 1d4 + 3 ⇒ (4) + 3 = 7
Grellik |
Grellik roars "I will not find my friends only to lose them again!" He steps into J-11, taking the attack and using shield if necessary. He hews at the wounded#4 Greatsword: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (20) + 5 = 25damage: 2d6 + 3 ⇒ (6, 3) + 3 = 12
Sorry, Adrian, not trying to get in your way :P
GM Grey |
Only moving out of a threatened RANGE (instead of square) provokes now. You can circle an enemy all day without taking extra attacks.
Stepping carefully over the downed Ozz, Grellik swings with uncanny luck.
crit damage for Grellik: 2d6 ⇒ (1, 5) = 6
Still moving, but critically injured, Adrien tries to finish it off. His flaming torch and dagger both land, and the scarecrow(4) finally stops moving. It drops to the ground and begins to smoulder in earnest from the torch in its guts. Now only one scarecrow remains.
Triss is up
Trissae Darkwhisper |
Trissae shouts out "You are undone wasted fiend!" casting Vicious Mockery, yelling at the remaining scarecrow.
Vicious Mockery: 1d4 ⇒ 1 dc 13 vs wis, disadvantage on next attack
then moves quickly to Ozz and throws herself over him to shield him.
GM Grey |
Dogpile in J11. Not only is this square difficult terrain, but I'm giving advantage to any attack rolls made on people in that square until there are fewer people there.
Trissae throws herself after Ozz after affecting the scarecrow with her spell.
The man shoots another bolt of fire. "Burn already, you awful thing!" he yells. This bolt hits, burning almost all of the creature away.
The kid stays near Tease, making sure he's alright.
With Ozz and Trissae filling the space behind him, Grellik has difficulties defending himself as the scarecrow attacks, but because of the spell it is affected by is no more accurate than normal. Grellik's armor holds and he is uninjured by this set of attacks.
Ozz lays bleeding. Another death save, Ozz, and then it back to Grellik.
Ozz the Bog Ghost |
Death save: 1d20 ⇒ 20
Ozz's ridiculous fortitude shows itself once more, and he stirs under Trissae. Noticing there is a scarecrow right near him, he grabs his fallen axe and tries to attack it despite his unusual position.
Attack roll: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (17) + 5 = 22
with disadvantage: 1d20 + 5 ⇒ (6) + 5 = 11
damage: 1d8 + 5 ⇒ (3) + 5 = 8
GM Grey |
Good god. Ozz gets the luck award for this fight.
Your attack just barely connects with the heavily damaged scarecrow, and it falls apart as your prone-swipe chops through its legs. The room goes quiet as the combat ends.
End initiative order. Feel free the check the recent GM spoilers to see the death saves.
Grellik |
Grellik awkwardly untangles himself from the newly revived Ozz. He exhales as he allows himself to relax a bit. He scans the group "Well, is everyone alright? By all the gods, it is good to see you all, especially considering recent developments"
Trissae Darkwhisper |
"Adrien, you any spare pots left?" Triss gestures at Ozz and slowly gets up off of him
"How's Tease doing over there." She says dusting herself off and looking toward the child.
GM Grey |
"I... I think he'll be okay" the kid says. "You managed to stop his bleeding."
You recognize this kid from the street the first time you saw Tease using Thieves Cant, just before the fight with the rats. The ruby sword you recognize as being worn by the woman you made the plans for your escape with when you were helping Captain Wen with the sick.
Adrien Cavell |
Cavell looks down, surprised as Ozz takes out the scarecrow from the ground. He stays alert a moment longer but it's clear the fight is over.
He offers a hand to Grellik to help him untangle from Ozz and Triss, grinning again. "Never been so happy to see such an ugly bastard."
Although not very strong, especially compared to Grellik, Cavell sets his feet apart and gives decent leverage to help the bugbear out.
He shakes his head at the half-orc, "Stubborn damned Orc, thought you were dead."
Ozz the Bog Ghost |
"Never" says Ozz, wincing as Trissae gets off of him. "So... We did it, didn't we? We really f$!&ing pulled it off? It didn't feel real until I was on the ground bleeding, kept thinking the other shoe would drop and there would be that dick Frostheight with his greasy mustache and personal guard. But instead... Just a bunch of monsters. We really got out of there."